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What is Spiritual Bypassing?

Note to reader: this article makes reference to trauma and difficult experiences. Always contact your healthcare team if you’re worried about your well-being. When we invest energy in living spiritually and we do this with self-awareness and compassionate self-reflection, this can be a meaningful pathway to spiritual intelligence (SQ). Doing our own shadow work isContinue reading “What is Spiritual Bypassing?”

Mindfulness for Better Sleep (Includes Example Guided Meditation)

How are you sleeping? If you’re someone who finds yourself awake in the middle of the night, you’re not alone. In my book Answers In The Dark, I highlight that, certainly in the West, we are a Sleepless Society. If you’ve not been sleeping well, you might find you get every cough and cold that’s goingContinue reading “Mindfulness for Better Sleep (Includes Example Guided Meditation)”

How to Keep a Meditation Journal

Whether you’re new to mindfulness or a seasoned meditator, you might find keeping a journal helpful. In the early days of your learning, it can be particularly useful to keep a record of your experiences, to help you find out what works best for you (and what doesn’t). Some people find keeping a record helpsContinue reading “How to Keep a Meditation Journal”

Mantras and Affirmations: How they’re different and when they can help

You will often see the use of affirmations promoted as a popular way of encouraging people to be nicer about themselves or to help them succeed in a particular area of their life. But are they always right for people, and are mantras another way? Affirmations In this context, an affirmation is often a positiveContinue reading “Mantras and Affirmations: How they’re different and when they can help”

What is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness is believed to date back 2500 years, to the time of the original Buddha, who was born Siddhartha Gautama. While the concept of mindfulness has been around for more than two millennia, it’s just as relevant today, especially for enhancing our well-being perhaps as a tool for improving our spiritual intelligence. One misconception is thatContinue reading “What is Mindfulness?”